Apple in China: Quotes

'We've trained a whole country, and now that country is using it against us.'

• Former Apple engineer

Section: 1, Chapter: 1

'You'd have to drive the car off the cliff to prove the brakes don't work.'

• Common saying at Apple about challenging Industrial Design

Section: 2, Chapter: 5

'Foxconn isn't called 'Fox-con' for nothing. Terry Gou was a gambler, and the real name of the company is Hon Hai. That was changed to Foxconn because he's a fox, and he's a con artist.'

• Former Apple engineer

Section: 2, Chapter: 9

'Apple is the rich man. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.'

• Li Qiang, founder of China Labor Watch, comparing Apple to the biblical parable

Section: 6, Chapter: 33

'If you see something going on that's not right, the most powerful form of consent is to say nothing. And I think that's not acceptable to your company, to the team that works so hard for your company, for your customers, or for your country.'

• Tim Cook in 2017, before ignoring questions about Chinese human rights

Section: 6, Chapter: 39